Feature
February 25, 2011
| BNI FEATURE UNIT
Ma Yee Myint has been hospitalized for twelve days in the Mae Tao Clinic, in Mae Sot, Thailand, just 2 kilometers from the Burma border. However, she...
February 25, 2011
| Ah Mee
The hospital compound is quiet, except for the sound of the cicadas. When I begin walking to the main building through the dried leaves scattered on...
February 23, 2011
| KYAW HLA
Nur Fatema, a twenty-six year-old mother of 4, left her home in Arakan State and fled to Bangladesh along with her disabled husband eight years ago,...
February 21, 2011
| Kayah Hteh
Maw Kayah, climbs the mountain path from Loikaw to Phruso Township, in Kayah State, carrying her belongings in a back pack, her wide-brimmed hat...
February 18, 2011
| Phwe Orm
The military dictatorship which has ruled Burma almost 50 years, since a coup in 1962, has been widely criticized for frequent violations of human...
February 18, 2011
| Seng Ja
Medical Sergeant Maran Ja Hkam, her braided hair reaching down to her ankles and white lab-coat covering her military uniform, administered an...
February 11, 2011
| Mwe Khao
Farmers in central Shan State are facing a very difficult choice as the Burmese Army expands its presence in their area. Do they sell their family’s...
February 11, 2011
| Manight Ewan
“Victory is for the brave people who fight.” These words are very important to many Karen people, who have heard them from their leaders throughout...
February 8, 2011
| Kayah Hteh
A Kayah woman, Daw Saw Mae, in her forties, is busy in the kitchen. Her eyes narrow as she focuses her attention on her work and her forehead, damp...
February 7, 2011
| Narinjara News
Twelve year old Toe Aung works very hard 15 hours a day serving customers, cleaning tables and washing dishes in his aunt’s restaurant in Min Bya...
February 4, 2011
| Kyaw Hla
Molouvi Mohamed Yousuf fled to Bangladesh from his home in Burma’s Arakan State 20 years ago because of the brutal treatment he and other Rohingya...
December 15, 2010
| Thomas Maung Shwe
Britain has suggested to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that a full-time envoy be appointed to replace Vijay Nambiar, Ban’s interim Burma envoy,...
December 2, 2010
| Zau Raw
Benedict Rogers is a writer and human rights activist specializing in Asia and he is London-based East Asia Team Leader of the international human...
November 19, 2010
| Shwe Shwe
The most common answer on the streets of Rangoon to the question of how soon the impact of a free Aung San Suu Kyi will be felt- is “immediately”...
November 17, 2010
| Taing Taw Mon
The undemocratic results of the Burmese national elections have quickly introduced Burma to a multitude of problems that cannot be easily solved...